Column: RICK SOLEMrick@580wkty.com The Western Conference is vastly superior to the East, but the top teams don’t reside here. Here’s the West from worst to first.

Column: RICK SOLEMrick@580wkty.com The NBA’s Eastern Conference is not deep, but it holds the league’s best player and best team. Here’s the East, from worst to first – or so…

Column: RICK SOLEMrick@580wkty.com They’re finally here, the dynamic duo. Kevin Love. Ricky Rubio. Add Nikola Pekovic and his five-year, $60 million contract and there’s a new Big Three in the…

Column: RICK SOLEMrick@580wkty.com From what the Milwaukee Bucks went through last season, it’s an exciting breath of fresh air for fans heading into Tuesday night, the start of a truly…

By RICK SOLEMrick@580wkty.com Confidence. It means everything in sports. The Packers-Vikings game Sunday night – and the two teams’ seasons – prove that.